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We're going to attract the ire of pretty much all of you crunchy liberals out there, but we'll say it anyway:
This campaign against GMO foods has gone too far. Sure, we don't want bizarre, unhealthy frankensnacks any more than you do. But consider the bigger picture: Genetically modified foods help feed the world, and a vast majority of the planet doesn't live near the Santa Monica Farmers Market or Whole Foods, nor could it afford to shop at them if they did.
That's not stopping the L.A. City Council from jumping on the bandwagon, of course:
L.A. City Councilman Paul Koretz has submitted an ordinance that would ban the “growing or selling of genetically modified seeds or plants within the city,” according to a summary from his office.
Koretz says, “We don't want GMOs growing in Los Angeles … “
This is one of those ordinances about nothing, the Seinfeld of laws. Because, face it, how many people do you know who are growing or selling GMO seeds or plants within city boundaries?
This isn't exactly farm country.
David King, founder and chairman of the Seed Library of Los Angeles, pushed for the law and admits it's largely for show:
“It is more symbolic,” he told us. “We're the second largest city in the United States. If Monsanto and other biotech people have their way, they're going to want to sell genetically modified seeds to the home gardener.”
Joanne Poyourow, director of the nonprofit group Environmental Change-Makers, states:
This ordinance will protect our school gardens, our home gardens and our community gardens. It will create 502 square miles where we can safely grow precious heirloom vegetables and save our own seeds. Heirloom and open-pollinated seeds are the foundation of a clean, healthy, reliable food supply.
Koretz's office says that 52 percent of L.A. County voted in favor of last November's statewide mandatory labeling ballot initiative for GMO products, which failed to pass.
Many vegetables, such as corn, have been highly modified over the years through genetic engineering and selective breeding. So finding purebred forms might be difficult. About 90 percent of corn in the United States is believed to be genetically modified.
Since several common ingredients like corn starch and soy protein are predominantly derived from genetically modified crops, it's pretty hard to avoid GMO foods altogether. In fact, GMOs are present in 60 to 70 percent of foods on U.S. supermarket shelves …
But in terms of buying seeds for home gardens, few you'll find on the market are apparently of the GMO variety.
In any case, this law would be nearly impossible to enforce: So the Mexican grandmother down the block is growing GMO corn in her backyard, and LAPD is going to pounce? (The draft ordinance we saw doesn't talk enforcement — it simply directs the City Attorney's Office to figure it out).
In many respects, GMO foods feed us, allowing insect- and weather-resistant crops that can be grown year-round and that can even be targeted toward specific nutritional needs.
That's a notion, however, that anti-GMO activists dispute, saying natural crop diversity is the only solution to satiating a burgeoning global population.
“I reject that whole thing,” King of the Seed Library says. “The people that feed the world are small farmers. You do battle with nature, you lose. In the long run you're going to find that genetically modified plants are going to be a failure.”


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27 August 2022
Wavin gears up to participate in BEX Asia 2022
BEX Asia is all set to return this year in an in-person event and Wavin is among the stellar roundup of participants at the event.
Asia’s premier trade exhibition, BEX Asia, is being organized in Singapore this September, marking its return to the physical format. The Expo will provide a platform to brands and organizations for advanced construction solutions; mechanical, electrical and plumbing; sustainability; HVAC and Indoor Air quality, and others.
At BEX Asia, visitors and delegates will get an opportunity to learn about the latest innovations and technologies in sustainability, energy efficiency, productivity, and smart solutions from manufacturers and subject experts around the world. The event, which will run from 6th to 8th September at the Sands Expo and Convention Centre in Singapore City, will host a trade show on the premises as well as a conference headed by industry leaders to discuss the future of the built environment sector.
As an exhibitor, Wavin will present its innovative and cutting-edge technologies and systems that sustain daily life while addressing the challenges for climate-resilient and future-ready cities. Visitors to the event will be able to explore the full suite of ground-breaking above and below ground solutions from Wavin for plumbing, drainage, rainwater, and stormwater management.
Come visit us at Booth #B-F04 and interact with experts to learn more about how Wavin is connecting performance to practicality through Wavin BIM Revit packages in building healthy and sustainable environments. During the event, visitors will also get to participate in fun and interactive games throughout the day and win exciting prizes during the happy hour time from 3pm - 4pm.On the inaugural day of the event on 6th September, Wavin will be hosting a Technical Demonstration Session from 4:00pm - 4:45 pm where attendee will learn more about how Wavin is using technology to transform infrastructure for water supply and management.
Date: 06 Sept 2022, Tuesday, 16:00hrs – 16:45hrs (SGT)
Venue: Technology Demonstration Area
Wavin has been committed to delivering state-of-the-art solutions for people and communities around the world and the BEX Asia 2022 Expo is yet another opportunity to showcase to stakeholders from the industry and the general public Wavin’s continued commitment to sustainability and improving access to better solutions for daily life.
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3 Top Lessons from Builder PropTech 2020 for Today’s Home Builder
October 27, 2020
Builder recently hosted their annual PropTech event, which highlights the latest in property tech trends as they relate to home builders. No surprise it was virtual this go-around, which was fitting for an event that underscored just how important tech is to the home building industry, thanks in large part to the pandemic.
We won’t give away all the insights revealed (and encourage you to watch the various presentations on your own time), but a few common themes emerged throughout PropTech 2020, which we’ll highlight here.
What’s clear is that the year has pushed the digital envelope for the industry and it’s in every home builders' best interest to get on board.
 The luxury of time in incorporating tech is over
That’s not to sound dire, it’s just a reality of the pandemic, as PropTech speakers reiterated. In fact, Brad Geiwe, cofounder and managing partner of Fifth Wall, emphasized that a crisis is not the time to ignore digital innovation. As he puts it, the use of proptech is an important way to improve long-term business strategies, and it’s better to be part of evolving business models than to be left in the dust.
As we previously discussed on our blog, home builders started to incorporate virtual sales tools in earnest to keep sales up when social distancing became the norm. Three major builders who spoke at PropTech outlined the ways their own companies worked to accomplish this, including incorporating self-guided touring options, Facebook events and digital form signings.
Lennar’s own Executive Chairman Stuart Miller also expanded on the need to generate digital leads and the best ways to go about scoring and differentiating them with platforms like Salesforce — all so sales reps can successfully develop them.
It’s worth noting that the major players in the industry are taking tech very seriously, and it’s shaping up to be a game changer.
 It’s time to meet customers where they are
While builders are accelerating their use of virtual sales tools, home shoppers are taking notice and starting to expect these tools as standard.
As Diahann Young, director of innovation, content and digital marketing at Pulte Group, noted, consumers want to use virtual reality and live video tours to view homes — and will continue to want this when social distancing isn’t the norm anymore.
Ronda Conger, vice president of CBH Homes, also noted that their “buy online” website feature, which existed pre-pandemic, became a huge hit with buyers. Usage of the feature went up significantly between March and April 2020 and it now makes up 10 percent of their sales per month.
Zillow even found that 36 percent of home shoppers would be likely to buy a home entirely online due to the pandemic, while 30 percent would still buy a home entirely online even after the outbreak ends.
Turns out buyers love the idea of buying from their couch – particularly when they’ve got the option to view a home in its entirety online, or conveniently visit the home in a self-guided tour.
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 The home has significantly changed in function
Beyond digital tools, one of the biggest takeaways from PropTech 2020 is how significantly the home has changed for homeowners, and in effect, homebuyers.
You’ve probably already seen article upon article on how the pandemic is impacting home design, and it makes sense.
With people working from home and spending larger amounts of time there, where we live is under a microscope. As reiterated during PropTech, the role of the home has expanded significantly — now homeowners want home offices, home gyms, more privacy, outdoor space, seamless connectivity and more. And expectations are changing for renters as well.
Homeowners are also more focused on healthy living, which has implications for indoor air quality, smart home tech and the types of building materials used.
While it’s hard to say which trends will be around a decade from now, it’s pretty safe to say that the pandemic is still top of mind and new homes — and how buyers shop for them — is in a much different place than it was a year ago.


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Newport, Rhode Island-based BedJet, a unique climate-control system for mattresses invented by former NASA engineer Mark Aramli in 2013, has appointed an advisory board that includes several former top executives from the bedding industry, according to CrowdfundInsider.com.
They include Bob Hellyer, former president of Kingsdown and Simmons and former chief executive officer of Spring Air; Dany Sfeir, former president of Tempur-Pedic Direct Response and former chief marketing officer of Tempur-Pedic; and Jordan Stern, founding member of the Sleep Technology Council of the National Sleep Foundation and CEO of the BlueSleep center.
BedJet used Kickstarter in early 2015 to raised $1.4 million to support the launch of its direct-to-consumer sales model for the updated BedJet V.2. Prior to that, it had briefly partnered on distribution with sleep shop chain Mattress Firm.
“In our first twelve months of shipping, we delivered over 8,000 BedJet systems directly to consumers,” said Mark Aramli, BedJet CEO, founder and inventor. “BedJet has vaulted to become No. 1 in selling active, climate control system for beds. … As we transition from experimental start-up company to industry success story, we are delighted to draw on the experience of our advisory board to help drive growth. Members represent an iconic group of executives, each of whom in their own right have brought great innovation and change to the industry.”
BedJet V.2 was named a Top 10 Kickstarter technology project of 2015 and a Top 25 Kickstarter technology project of all time. The company also began a Series A funding round at crowdfunding portal CircleUp.


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More than 100 million devices with Alexa on board have been sold. From a report: That’s the all-too-rare actual number that Amazon’s SVP of devices and services, Dave Limp, revealed to me earlier this week. That’s not to say Amazon has finally decided to be completely transparent about device sales, however. While the company claims it outstripped its most optimistic expectations for the Echo Dot during the holiday season, Limp wouldn’t give a number for that. Instead, Limp says, Amazon is sold out of Dots through January, despite “pushing pallets of Echo Dots onto 747s and getting them from Hong Kong to here as quickly as we possibly could.”
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A popular decades-old fishball noodle shop in the bustling metropolis of Bangkok has become one of the earlier establishments to accept bitcoin in the country.
With small beginnings in Bangkok’s Chinatown over 80 years ago, Lim Lao Ngow now has over six branches in the city. The launch of a new branch in the modern locales of Siam Square One along Bangkok’s metro line will now see the newly opened noodle soup bistro accept bitcoin.
For 28-year old Tewit Boriboonchaisiri, the third-generation owner of the noodle shop, it’s about embracing modern times and ushering in a future that will see cryptocurrencies becoming commonplace in society.
‘Even though the legendary noodle shop was created over 80 years ago, it doesn’t mean we’re running with new technologies. Because, today, you can pay your bills with bitcoin with blockchain technology,” read an announcement on the restaurant’s blog earlier this month.
The announcement was reposted some 4,000 times across several social media platforms including Facebook and Twitter. Such was the interest garnered that the noodle shop was featured today on the Bangkok Post , Thailand’s oldest newspaper and one of the country’s leading English news portals.
A Big Spread: Pinned under its ‘Technology’ column, the Bangkok Post has published a noteworthy report on the restaurant accepting the world’s most popular cryptocurrency, complete with an explainer on how to use bitcoin.
Speaking to the publication, the predictably tech-saavy restaurant owner stated:
I think cryptocurrencies or digital currencies will become a very important technology in the future. These technologies will definitely change the way we make financial transactions.
Tewit describes setting up the shop’s bitcoin payments infrastructure as a simple enough system, stating “it is quite easy to set up the system and make payments with bitcoin.” The noodle shop is using an unnamed bitcoin merchant application, which will present a QR code to the customer when settling a bill of Thai baht converted into bitcoin at current exchange rates.
No Major Delays: What about bitcoin’s transaction backlog? Tewit doesn’t see it as a deal-breaker.
The confirmation takes a few minutes, but I think it’s not a very big deal.
Bitcoin adoption rates in Thailand are relatively low. Data from Coinmap reveals 49 establishments, including hotels and restaurants, directly accepting bitcoin. In the first week following its announcement, about 10 customers settled their bills with bitcoin. However, a whole lot more visited the restaurant to ‘check out’ the technology, the restaurant owner added.
The Bank of Thailand, the country’s central bank, banned bitcoin temporarily in 2013. After shuttering the services of Bitcoin.co.th, the country’s largest bitcoin exchange at the time, the platform resumed services the following year.
As things stand, the central bank has not legalized bitcoin as a method of payment, unlike Japan’s recent legislation that went into effect this April. “I found the Bank of Thailand hasn’t legalised bitcoin as a method of payment, but that doesn’t mean it is illegal to use it,” contends Tewit.
The restaurant owner added:
The main reason I decided to accept bitcoin in our restaurant is to send the message that it can work. I hope other restaurants or shops realise they can also do this
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Embassy cigarette maker Imperial Tobacco has confirmed its annual results for the year to September 30 were set to meet management targets.
Imperial added that the integration of Gauloises maker Altadis was “progressing well”, while trends across the whole business have been in line with those highlighted in July.
The firm said two months ago that the rate of decline in its British market had slowed due to fewer purchases of brands abroad as the impact of a weaker economy and currency reduced overseas travel.
In January, Imperial announced price rises across its domestic portfolio, which also includes Lambert & Butler, JPS and Richmond. The company has a 45 per cent share of the United Kingdom cigarette market.
Imperial said it was on track to deliver the expected synergies from the integration of the Franco-Spanish firm Altadis, which it acquired for more than £10 billion in 2008. It is looking for £362.3 m of savings by 2012.
The company’s shares were one per cent higher following the brief update.
Analysts at Killik & Co said in a note: “While the group’s international premium cigarette brands are driving growth in emerging markets, the strong value brands and fine tobacco products have enabled the group to capitalise on down-trading in mature markets.”
The company’s products are sold in more than 160 countries and it operates 58 manufacturing sites around the world. It is due to present full-year results on November 10.


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The Pixel launcher in Android 13 will let you search up widgets. There was a previous report about the search bar in the Pixel launcher. This isn’t the Google search bar on the bottom of the screen; this is the one that you get when you pull up the app drawer. Doing so will summon a search that you can use to search for content on your phone. For instance, you can look up different apps on your phone. Recently, it was discovered that you can also look up photos from Google Photos using that search bar.
In comparison to Android 12, Android 13 is shaping up to be a unique experience. We’re seeing both visual and functional changes, and that’s just based on the two developer previews we’ve received so far. The Pixel launcher in Android 13 will now be able to search for widgets thanks to a new function. There are two developer previews for Android 13 available right now, and users are already seeing a lot of changes in the platform. While there will be minor cosmetic differences, the software will have the same overall appearance and feel as Android 12. The Material You style was introduced by Google and will be carried over.
Right now, we’re only two developer previews in, so there are plenty of updates coming down the pipeline. For starters, the official beta for the platform will come out next month. This is early compared to previous years, as Google would usually wait until Google I/O to launch the beta. We expect May to be the month when we see the most new features added to Android 13.
Now, we have a tweet from Mishaal Rahman that tells us about more of the functionality. When you use the search bar in the app drawer, you’ll also be able to search up widgets. Not only that but you’ll also get Google search suggestions. When you type in a search, those items, along with the Google Photos results, will appear in a short list. Rahman saw this in the Android 13 developer preview 2. Those who have the preview may have to dig into the system and enable this feature before you can use it.


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SAN DIEGO -- Lockdowel, recognized as one of the World’s Most Innovative Companies of 2021 by Fast Company magazine, will demonstrate its invisible slide-and-lock fastening system at Wood Pro Expo California, April 28-29 at the San Diego Convention Center.
HSA Heritage has developed and maintained strong ties with many Asian factories.
One emerging trend is the shift to mechanical fasteners from traditional joinery and assembly methods.
By Stephan Waltman
Lockdowel will present and demonstrate “How to gain 60 percent more capacity” at the Vision Machinery open house.
Bella IMC is one of the first cabinet companies in the industry to incorporate the use of Lockdowel fastening technology in its RTA cabinetry.
LockDowel Corp., a leading innovator of hardware fasteners, today announced its new snap lock fasteners have been programmed into Cabinet Vision Ultimate Version 8.0.


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from eatdrinkbetter.com: Hold Monsanto accountable for organic seed contamination and protect the Organic Seed Growers and Trade Association (OSGATA) from wrongful and harassing lawsuits from Monsanto in the future.
Monsanto has a history of suing farmers for patent infringement over the years, often wrongfully. Well, the Organic Seed Growers and Trade Association (OSGATA) has decided to sue Monsanto for wrongful patent infringement lawsuits…
Giant corporations are coming to control the food supply. The system they instill is set up perfectly for monoculture, which destroys ecosystem diversity.
Ecosystem diversity is important for controlling disease and pests. Companies like Monsanto attempt to control this by using chemicals and genetically modified seeds (which are failing). They are shrinking the world’s seed diversity through these tactics.


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Technology is evolving by the day, and it is transforming our lives with each passing second. Every year there are new trends in the world of technology and entertainment, which always fundamentally change the way we travel.
This year has been no different; we have seen a lot of fresh introductions in the world of tech and entertainment that have caught our eye, and promise to make travel easier.
From a renewed acceptance of artificial intelligence to NFTs, there are a number of things that we need to pay attention to.
Below, we take a look at some of the hottest tech and entertainment trends in the United States this year.
The Hottest Tech & Entertainment Trends in the United States 2022
Artificial Intelligence has become more popular than ever in today’s world. More and more people are beginning to let go of the fears they had when it came to trusting their everyday lives to artificial intelligence and are starting to show acceptance.
AI is being incorporated quite widely across the travel industry. Self-driving cars are an example; today, self-driving cars are actually becoming a thing, and more and more people are looking at them as a viable option for car rental.
At somepoint soon there will no longer be the anxiety felt over needing to adapt to driving on the opposite side of the road!
Similarly, smart appliances that use artificial intelligence are also being used by more and more people because of the features they provide us with, and we’re seeing these appliances pop up throughout hotels and airbnbs.
Along with this, the use of AI in other aspects of our travels is also increasing, from personal translation to kill the language barrier, to AI-driven travel chatbots for planning, and robotic technologies for self-service.
Online gaming has been around for years, but this year, it is becoming the primary method of gaming for millions of people, potentially killing, or at least transforming the concept of a gambling tourist.
Now, the majority of people actually prefer gaming online rather than going through the hassle of offline or real-life gaming, despite land based casinos previously pulling in more visitors than other famous landmarks, like Australia’s Crown Casino beating Sydney Opera House.
The popularity of online casinos has soared ever since the start of this year, with millions of people now using them as their primary option. It is quite evident why people prefer an online casino over a physical one; the ease of use means you can conveniently play from a hotel room.
Other types of online games are becoming more popular than ever, especially with the rise of airport cancellations and delays, and you now see more travelers glued to their phones than purchasing airport magazines to kill the time!
Non-Fungible Tokens (NFT)
Non-Fungible Tokens, or NFTs, have taken the whole world by storm in 2022. Billions and billions of dollars have flooded the NFT market as more and more people have begun investing their money in all kinds of NFTs.
Similar to the crypto-craze, the NFTs have also proven a lucrative investment for many investors, which has provided them with high approval ratings, leading to an increased number of people dumping their savings in the NFT space.
NFTs aren’t only a good invention option; they actually have the potential to change the way we look at ownership in the online space.
They provide creators with an increased sense of security; it won’t be long before we see artists using NFTs to solidify their ownership over their compositions.
The Metaverse was the headline of the tech world when it was first announced. Although an ambitious step, the Metaverse holds the potential to change human interaction forever.
The concept behind it is great, but it requires perfect execution, or it won’t work out. So far, the company has been working to make the project a success, but it isn’t something that can be materialized in a couple of years.
A project like the Metaverse can take decades to be properly launched, but from the advancements that we have seen until now, it looks like the project might surprise us all in the end.


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Samsung has once again succeeded to steal the limelight by announcing the launch date for its 10th anniversary Galaxy phone. Though Samsung has not yet announced the proper name it has been widely under expectations that it shall be no other than the most expected Galaxy S10. No need to mention that it is the biggest tech news of 2019 for people around the globe who had been waiting for the actual date of Galaxy 10. Millions of people have been searching Galaxy s10 release date on various search engines due to the utmost popularity of the series. Even people have been searching Samsung galaxy s10 release date since the very mid of the year 2018.
So, what really is the Galaxy s10 release date in Pakistan?
As we all know, a great number of Samsung fans and lovers do reside in Pakistan as well. Like all other countries, people in Pakistan are also waiting for the Galaxy s10 release date in Pakistan. All that waiting and searching seems to come to its dramatic ending as the curtain is going to be raised at last. According to most reliable sources the Samsung Galaxy release event will finally take place on Wednesday, Feb. 20. It will obviously be the Bill Graham Civic Auditorium, San Francisco where all that is going to take place. All the news channels would be on the ground for the ultimate and remarkable coverage of this dream event live from San Francisco.
What is so special about the Coverage?
It is a proven fact that Samsung’s Unpacked events are packed with extraordinary fun packed affairs and celebrations on every inspirational release ceremony around the globe. But let us tell you that the release event which is going to take place in 2019 matters a lot for all the Galaxy lovers. You may have witnessed the release ceremonies of Samsung Galaxy s6, Samsung Galaxy s7, Samsung Galaxy s8, or even the s9 version of that fabulous series but all these previous versions nor their release ceremonies are a match to the Galaxy s10 release, which is more than any such event that took place ever before.
• Is it Only the Galaxy S10 Release Or More Than That?
As we all know that Samsung has obviously planned numerous other new phones for the year 2019 but all the media and web industry is focusing just on the release of Galaxy s10. In fact, the phones going to be released this year also include the ultimate successor of Galaxy S9, which will obviously be a unique gadget due to its foldable utility. It is in the news that it will be called as the Galaxy X, though its official name has not been released yet. There are also 5G devices meant for the world famous Verizon. However, Galaxy S10 release rumours are interlinked with the suggestions of three separate S10 phones in the ultimate lineup:
• Standard Galaxy S10
• Larger S10 Plus
• S10 Lite
• S10 E.
Some say that the launching of two unique devices at approximately the same event can obviously become a great risk for Samsung, as one device might overshadow the utilities of another one. On the top is the foldable “Galaxy X” which is full of all the specs that can definitely suck all the oxygen out of Galaxy S10.
Whatever may be the case, many are saying that whether it be Samsung itself of any of its competitors like the Apple iPhone XS, iPhone XS Max or iPhone XR, or the Huawei mate 20 series upcoming launches, all these would be no match to the super doper celebrations expected with the launch of Galaxy S10.
If we have dropped any of the exciting issue associated with the Galaxy S10 release, feel free to add it in the comment’s section below. We are anxiously waiting for your ultimate feedback.


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Yahoo! Inc. (Nasdaq:YHOO) and eBay Inc. (Nasdaq:EBAY) today announced a multi-year strategic partnership designed to mutually benefit both companies by better serving their user, merchant, and advertising communities in the U.S. The agreement consists of four major components in the areas of search and graphical advertising, online payments, a co-branded toolbar, and the opportunity to explore "click-to-call" functionality.
"Our consumers will benefit from the combination of Yahoo! and eBay's leading technology and services, providing them with one of the best online experiences," said Terry Semel, chairman and chief executive officer, Yahoo! Inc. "Yahoo! holds a leadership position in all forms of online advertising. This partnership with eBay provides us with a great opportunity to further extend our sponsored search and graphical advertising reach to one of the largest and most active communities on the Web."
It's big and we've been waiting for it. eBay has been flirting with Yahoo! for a long time.
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Yahoo to be exclusive provider of ads on eBay site, while eBay's PayPal service to be exclusive provider for Yahoo's online wallet.
Shares of Internet media company Yahoo Inc. rose 3.7 percent and online auctioneer eBay extended early gains, advancing more than 6 percent before the opening bell on Thursday after the companies said they reached a multiyear advertising and commercial partnership.
Google is down 1.2%
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Amazon customers are saying they have received email updates and invoices about orders that belong to other people, as reported on Friday (Aug. 16).
The founder of a cybersecurity firm reported the issue after he received an email with another Amazon customer’s order information that also included the name and address of that user.
Jake Williams, the founder of cybersecurity firm Rendition Infosec, told the news outlet he had ordered something from Amazon months ago that wasn’t yet available for shipping when he got an email that the items were on the way – but the order wasn’t his. Other Amazon customers reported similar incidents.
“I think they legitimately intended to email me a notification that my item was shipping early,” he said. “I just think they screwed something up in the system and sent the updates to the wrong people.”
The security blunder is a “serious breach of trust” because of how much personal information can be revealed on an Amazon order, Williams said.
Some customers took to Twitter to express their concern over the misdirected emails. One customer tweeted that Amazon’s customer service told him the issue will be investigated. Another customer tweeted that she spoke to an Amazon supervisor about the issue but was given a “nonchalant” response. The supervisor reportedly told her the issue happens frequently.
A spokesperson for Amazon did not return a request for comment from the reporting outlet.
This is Amazon’s second security slip in less than a year. In November, customers were emailed about a “technical error” that said customers’ email addresses had been exposed. When asked about specifics, Amazon would not comment.
Additionally, Capital One used Amazon cloud services when it was hacked in July, and the accused hacker is a former Amazon engineer. The newest lawsuit, which was filed earlier this month in federal court in Seattle, includes Amazon as a defendant.


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Gear Aid Inc. has acquired award-winning HEROCLIP swivel carabiner product line from Lulabop Inc.
Founded and invented by Mina Yoo in 2014, Lulabop has sold more than 1 million units of the patented HEROCLIP worldwide. With the completion of the acquisition, the versatile, trail ready HEROCLIP strengthens the growing line of trademarked GEAR AID Adventure Tools.
“Our design team has always admired the simplicity, rugged durability, beauty, and innovative design of the HEROCLIP carabiner” said Gear Aid President Clark Campbell. “These attributes make HEROCLIP a great fit for the Gear Aid brand. Mina and her team at Lulabop have done an exceptional job of building awareness and a committed following for the HEROCLIP brand.”
GEAR AID plans to reintroduce the HEROCLIP swivel carabiner to its network of more than 2,500 retail and distribution partners throughout Asia, Australia, Europe, New Zealand, North America and the United Kingdom.
Lulabop Inc. founder Mina Yoo said, “The HEROCLIP brand has always been about inspiring joy and confidence in the everyday adventurer. I immediately sensed the same enthusiasm and drive in the people I met at Gear Aid. Their customers share the same ‘can do’ DIYspirit as the fans of HEROCLIP. I am incredibly excited to see the team at Gear Aid and McNett Europe bring HEROCLIP to a wider market and take the business to another level.”


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If there's one thing Android manufacturers and carriers love to do, it's copy existing Google products and make them worse. Verizon is a repeat offender when it comes to bloatware, and now the company is preparing to roll out yet another stupid application to its Android devices. This time, a search tool called 'AppFlash' will grace the home screens of Verizon Android phones.
You may be familiar with Evie Launcher, an app launcher with a universal search bar for quickly finding apps and web content. The developers behind Evie have now partnered with Verizon to make 'AppFlash.' It's basically just Evie's search functionality, but on its own page of the home screen - like the Google Now/Pixel Launcher.
As far as I can tell, this does absolutely nothing that Google search can't do. AppFlash's main features are searching inside apps, finding nearby food and entertainment, and being easy to access. The built-in Google Search can do all of that, so why does this exist? Advertising, duh. Notice that 'Suggested Apps' section on the AppFlash main screen?
TechCrunch says that AppFlash will start to roll out across Verizon Android phones "in the coming weeks." It's not really clear exactly how that rollout will work, or if using an alternative app launcher will make a difference. Evie also mentioned that AppFlash is just a Verizon-branded version of its new Sidescreen app, which it hopes to sell to other carriers in the future.
Alternate title: This is why people buy iPhones
Two days after this was posted, the EFF wrote a blog post about how AppFlash was could by used as spyware by Verizon. In response to this, Verizon issued the following statement to EFF:
In addition, Verizon has posted a statement on the company's blog, saying it does not (and will not) sell user data to third parties. You can put up the pitchforks, at least for now.


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Nissan joins Uber for air quality project in London
The carmaker has supplied a fleet of 20 all-electric Nissan Leafs to Uber for use as part of an extensive EV trial. It is the first time pure EVs have been available for hire through the Uber app in London.
LONDON: Japanese automaker Nissan Motor Company joins hands with car hailing service Uber as it embarks on a new, major electric vehicle (EV) project as part of its commitment to tackling air pollution in London and across the UK.
The carmaker has supplied a fleet of 20 all-electric Nissan Leafs to Uber for use as part of an extensive EV trial in the capital that gets underway on Wednesday. It is the first time pure EVs have been available for hire through the Uber app in London.
"We are delighted to be working closely with Uber on what is a very exciting project that could ultimately lead to major improvements in air quality in London and across the UK," said Gareth Dunsmore, head of Electric Vehicles, Nissan Europe.
"We are confident this trial will prove a success and that Uber will join scores of taxi and private hire operators across the UK and wider Europe in recognising the financial and environmental benefits of Nissan's market-leading electric vehicles. With the impact of poor air quality remaining a cause for concern, the trial could prove to be a pivotal moment for tackling the challenges in London."
Already 60 percent of Uber journeys in London are made in hybrid vehicles, but the company is keen to explore the environmental and economic benefits of going fully electric ahead of the introduction of the capital's Ultra Low Emissions Zone in 2020.
"People already associate Uber with hybrid cars, but we now want to go a big step further with fully electric cars on the road from today," said Jo Bertram, regional general manager of Uber in the UK.
"We are determined to use technology to help tackle the challenge of air pollution in London and across the UK. Our car-sharing service has already saved 1.2 million miles and 211 metric tonnes of CO2. With electric vehicles – and more people sharing their journey and leaving their own cars at home – there's even more we can do."


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CVS officials meet with Open Door Mission Wednesday
Posted at: 04/03/2013 6:27 PM | Updated at: 04/03/2013 6:34 PM
There was a big meeting Wednesday between the Open Door Mission and CVS. The meeting was prompted by News10NBC's story that showed one CVS store in Greece throwing out dozens of perfectly good winter hats and gloves. The unsold merchandise was tossed into the garbage bin behind the CVS store.
News10NBC learned more about the donation deal between CVS and the Open Door Mission. Each week, volunteers from the mission will visit up to 15 CVS stores to collect unsold food that hasn't reached the expiration date and seasonal items.
The Open Door Mission says it's going to start in a couple of weeks and it is talking with two national chain stores.


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In their latest attempt to block homebrew on the Wii, Nintendo has begun using a new revision of the Wii's optical drive-one that prevents any existing mod chip from functioning.
While this may be just a standard hardware switch and not a concerted effort to block piracy, some keen-eyed modders quickly noticed the change-in the latest drive revision, found in an Australian model with the serial number LAH1098xxxxx, the drive controller chip necessary for previous mods had been completely replaced by a new one.
What they have done is combine the old D1A and drive controller chip in to one which is now called the GC2-D3, as you can see from the photo there is a big blank space on the PCB where the controller chip used to be.
So far there haven't been any other reports of these Wiis showing up outside of Australia, so it may be a while before we see them widespread and by then, I'm guessing there will probably already be a workaround. Kiddies who just can't wait to open up their new Wiis and solder up a mod chip on Christmas morning, though, should probably double check which drive they have first. [mywii.com.au via GoNintendo]


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By Stewart Eisenhart, Emergo Group
South Africa’s Department of Health has released new draft regulations for medical devices and IVDs that accompanies proposed rules issued by the government in 2014.
The new rules incorporate feedback from industry following the government’s initial draft regulations published last year. Those rules included a four-tier device classification system, authorized representation requirements for foreign companies, proof of quality management system certification, and other requirements similar to those of other established regulatory systems in other countries. Oversight of the South African medical device registration process would be handled by the Medicines Control Council, a division of the Department of Health.
More tailoring for medical devices rather than drugs?
According to Brian Goemans, Country Manager for South Africa at Emergo, some of these latest revisions appear more finely tuned to medical device rather than pharmaceutical markets—but not all.
“There are some improvements in that the more ‘medicine-related’ clauses have been removed, but these regulations are still written to be applied by the Medicines Control Council, and some vestiges of the ‘medicine’ thinking remain,” Goemans observes.
As an example, he cites the provisions in the new draft for authorized representation; entities acting as in-country representatives must ensure adherence to the Medicines Act, which covers both devices and pharmaceutical products.
Foreign registration allowances
A promising provision in the draft regulations is the apparent allowance for registration of devices for manufacturers whose products have already been cleared or approved by other market regulators. Details, however, remain vague on this issue.
“Although the regulations allow for foreign registration with regulatory authorities in other countries, it has not yet been stated which registrations will be accepted for issue of a license for sale,” explains Goemans.
Implementation timeframes for the new regulatory system remain unknown. A one-month comment period will follow publication of the new regulations, but beyond that, no deadlines have been set. Goemans says the South African Parliament must enact relevant amendments to the Medicines Act in order for implementation to proceed.
Stewart Eisenhart covers medical device regulatory affairs for Emergo Group.
The opinions expressed in this blog post are the author’s only and do not necessarily reflect those of MassDevice.com or its employees.


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Overall watch of Gantry Plaza Say Park, in Long Island Metropolis, Contemporary York, where Amazon.com chosen to invent phase of its unique 2nd headquarters.
The job market in the Gigantic Apple appears to be hotter than ever. With unemployment at file lows, the warfare for abilities is raging as tech giants, including Amazon and Google, lay plans to open unique or expanded operations in Ny and Long Island Metropolis.
unique $5 billion Amazon headquarters in Long Island Metropolis, Google’s unique $1 billion 1.7-million-sq-toes campus in Hudson Square and a brand unique space of enterprise complicated at Chelsea Market. Fixed with a glance by Tech:NYC and Accenture, 80 percent of companies in Contemporary York Metropolis acknowledged they planned to hire more tech abilities in 2018 than the year before.
The construction is spurring demand for tech abilities as smartly as for various reinforce products and services, equivalent to marketing, fintech, accounting, compliance and more. Headhunters dispute that even if insist affect has but to be viewed, the enlargement plans bode smartly for Contemporary York Metropolis’s job market.
“Despite the indisputable fact that Contemporary York is one in every of the costliest markets in the country, it provides big advantages for companies,” acknowledged Jed Kolko, chief economist at online jobs residing Certainly.com.
“It is the greatest labor market in the country, and it’s a somewhat varied market,” he acknowledged, noting that Contemporary York Metropolis also provides a somewhat gigantic combination of both employers and employees in lots of industries and occupations. For many companies, that makes it worthwhile to pay the excessive accurate property and labor costs to be in Contemporary York.
The hiring spree will hold an already tight job market even tighter. Last month the Contemporary York Department of Labor acknowledged seasonally adjusted unemployment fell to three.9 percent in November. That is the lowest level for the reason that division started keeping data in 1976. No longer exclusively that, but Contemporary York Say’s non-public-sector job rely rose to an all-time excessive of 9.seventy five million.
Thousands of most up-to-date jobs
In December Google announced a most fundamental enlargement in Contemporary York that will add thousands of jobs and hold it one in every of the metropolis’s greatest commercial tenants.
Google’s unique campus, to be called Google Hudson Square, followed an announcement earlier in the year that the corporate would use $2.four billion to buy Ny Chelsea Market and rent extra residing at Pier 57. The enlargement project at Hudson Square is expected to be carried out in 2020; the various need to attain in 2022. Google, which has bigger than 7,000 employees in the metropolis, expects that number to higher than double over the following 10 years, the corporate acknowledged, even if it’s unclear the forms of roles Google shall be filling in Contemporary York.
Amazon, in a recent letter that used to be printed in the Contemporary York Put up and Contemporary York Day by day Files, acknowledged it expects so to add 25,000 unique jobs over the arriving decade, including jobs in application engineering, product management, program management, operations, sales and marketing. Amazon also acknowledged it expects to make a contribution no longer suddenly to tens of thousands of jobs in building, building products and services, human sources, hospitality and retail.
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Despite the indisputable fact that tiny print in regards to the forms of jobs that Google and Amazon intend to hire in Contemporary York are no longer accessible but, Certainly’s Kolko acknowledged he expects jobs in dominant Contemporary York industries, equivalent to media, marketing or finance, to gape the most development.
Competition to Contemporary York’s birth-up scene
In the arrive time length, headhunters acknowledged the enlargement by tech giants would possibly perhaps well well squeeze tech birth-usabit. The metropolis, which has change into a mecca for entrepreneurs, thanks to a various abilities unsuitable and ample funding, now boasts bigger than 7,000 tech birth-ups, with rapidly development in B2B, user web, health tech and fintech, according to Tech:NYC.
“These behemoths sell themselves. They’ve more employees and more recruiters. It would possibly perhaps well perhaps perhaps well enlighten some jobs away from birth-usabecause they’ll be more aggressive in securing abilities,” acknowledged Purchase Samet, a recruiter at Madison Search Partners, which focuses on mid- to senior-level executives in sales, commerce construction and account management.
Longer time length, even if, the enlargement of tech giants in Contemporary York shall be correct for the metropolis’s tech scene, because it would stimulate the rising tech ecosystem in the metropolis.
Tatiana Becker, the founder of Contemporary York headhunting company Niah Recruiting, recollects that after she moved from Seattle to Contemporary York in 2010, every person asked, “Why enlighten a tech job in Contemporary York?”
“No one wanted to pass to Contemporary York, since it’s no longer a tech hub.” That is modified, she acknowledged, noting that birth-usain the metropolis are inclined to be rooted spherical dominant industries equivalent to trend, finance or accurate property.
“I hold no longer feel be pleased Amazon and Google shall be a risk to birth-ups. Seattle and the Bay Role comprise big tech company headquarters and likewise many birth-ups. I’m able to confidently dispute that I ponder this shall be a plus for Contemporary York Metropolis tech,” acknowledged Becker.
If one thing, Amazon and Google’s enlargement in Contemporary York would possibly perhaps well well bolster more investing in birth-ups, acknowledged Samet, noting that Google has a $Three.5 billion mission capital fund, Google Ventures, while Amazon’s Jeff Bezos has a deepest mission capital portfolio, Bezos Expeditions. Both companies make investments in tech birth-u.s. smartly as varied industries. Google Ventures has invested in Out of doorways Voices, Uber, Jet, Nest and others, while Bezos Expeditions has invested in Makerbot, Nextdoor.com and Uber.
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Google’s Contemporary York Metropolis space of enterprise in decrease Ny.
Contemporary York Metropolis tech birth-usaraised bigger than $25 billion from mission capital companies in 2018, according to Built in Contemporary York, citing knowledge from Crunchbase. In the 1/Three quarter, Contemporary York-residence companies raised more mission capital than San Francisco, according to a yarn by PricewaterhouseCoopers and CB Insights.
“I hold no longer gape the mission capital bucks drying up anytime rapidly except ‘the chubby R’ occurs,” acknowledged Samet, referring to recession. If that occurs, then even more abilities would seemingly flock to higher companies. Duration in-between, he sees plenty of consolidation in advert tech and marketing tech, while fintech has been rising progressively.
Overall job development used to be solid in 2018, both in Contemporary York and nationwide, and Kolko acknowledged he expects development to slack a diminutive bit in 2019, due in phase to anticipated hobby-rate hikes, which would possibly perhaps well well slack development.
The affect need to be minimal to Contemporary York Metropolis, he acknowledged, because industries which shall be more gentle to external forces, equivalent to oil costs, commerce rates, or tariffs, are inclined to be industries which shall be no longer concentrated in Contemporary York, equivalent to mining or manufacturing. Industries which shall be poised for persisted development, equivalent to health care and products and services, are inclined to be concentrated in chubby cities, equivalent to Contemporary York.


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- The 2014 Ram 1500 EcoDiesel, which is set to go on sale by late March, delivers 20 mpg in city driving and 28 mpg on the highway, according to Chrysler.
- Ram is first to market with a small-displacement, turbodiesel engine in a half-ton pickup truck.
- Ordering opens February 7.
AUBURN HILLS, Michigan — The 2014 Ram 1500 EcoDiesel, which is set to go on sale by late March, delivers 20 mpg in city driving and 28 mpg on the highway, according to Chrysler.
Ordering opens February 7.
Ram is first to market with a small-displacement, turbodiesel engine in a half-ton pickup truck. The Ram 1500 EcoDiesel is equipped with a new 3.0-liter EcoDiesel V6 engine linked to an eight-speed automatic transmission.
In comparison, a 2014 Ram 1500 with a 5.7-liter V8 engine and six-speed automatic transmission delivers 14 mpg in city driving and 20 mpg on the highway, according to the EPA.
All Ram dealerships in the U.S. will offer the diesel version of the Ram 1500, said Nick Cappa, a Chrysler spokesman, in a phone conversation with Edmunds.
He said the EcoDiesel model will not be available in the Sport model of the truck because that version comes standard with a Hemi V8 engine. The EcoDiesel model also will not be available in the two-door short-bed configuration because that version cannot accommodate the EcoDiesel's exhaust system.
Cappa said Chrysler has already begun building the EcoDiesel model and that it may end up in showrooms by the end of February.
"But it's safe to say before the end of the quarter, which is what we've said all along," he added.
Chrysler will not disclose volume numbers on the EcoDiesel model, but it expects the take rate to be about 10-15 percent of total Ram volume.
Edmunds says: Car shoppers get two critical pieces of information about the 2014 Ram 1500 EcoDiesel: Launch timing and fuel economy numbers.


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UPDATE: The official Thumper Twitter account has confirmed a worldwide Switch release for the game on May 18th!
Thumper launches on Nintendo Switch worldwide on May 18. Ready for Rumble Violence™? pic.twitter.com/nBPXUg7ErB
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One of the most intriguing games heading to the Nintendo Switch that hasn’t received too much fanfare is Thumper, an action-rhythm title from indie studio Drool. Originally released on PS4 and PC in October of last year, the game was announced for Nintendo’s latest system shortly after it launched back in March.
Now we finally have a date for its eShop release, at least in Australia and the UK. Players should be able to travel down psychedelic tunnels as a scarab on May 18th. It’s listed for $29.95 AUD, which equates to around $22 USD.
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Lift is the latest in home integrated iPhone applications, that offers users with the ease of opening their Garage doors straight from their iPhone
Wantirna, VIC (PRWEB) April 11, 2014
A brand-new iPhone application that acts as a garage door opener will soon be available this October. According to the mastermind behind this handy application, John Wei, the application works in sync with a bluetooth device that will allow users to open their garage directly from their iPhones.
John Wei, the creator of this new application, is a software developer based out of Mel-bourne Australia, and recently launched a Kickstarter project to fund this project to take it to a larger scale. The application is called “lift” and available in app store for download (http://bit.ly/1iPRdKG).
“Last year my garage door opener’s remote control was broken, and it was a pain that we have to share only one remote control,” stated Wei. “Suddenly an idea came up, wouldn’t it be so cool and so convenient if we can open the garage door with our iPhone?”
Soon enough Wei was able to come up with a prototype of the device by integrating a Bluetooth 4 breakout that works in sync with the iPhone app and firmware he created. According to Wei, the prototype is working “Brilliantly.”
As of right now, Wei is looking to get this innovative application out to the market, and is seeking to raise $5,000(AUD) through Kickstarter.
Wei has set an aggressive target and is looking to get the app out to the market by October of this year.
The launch and production of lift has both software and hardware needs and thus the schedule for development to production must be in-sync to provide a seamless launch.
Lift is the latest in home integrated iPhone applications, that offers users with the ease of opening their Garage doors straight from their iPhone. lift aims to add convenience to iPhone users and soon android users lifestyles to take away the dependance on conventional garage door openers. For more information, visit https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1916007507/lift-the-easy-way-to-open-your-garage-door-0.
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South Korean Noh Seung-Yul Signs Deal With Nike Golf
Emerging South Korean golfer Noh Seung-yul signed a multi-year deal with Nike Golf on Tuesday, according to Kang Seung-woo of the KOREA TIMES. Nike Golf Korea did not release the terms but said that the contract "is speculated to be for at least three years." The deal will see the 21-year-old use Nike's clubs and balls, and he will wear its footwear, gloves, apparel, headwear and accessories. Noh made his PGA Tour debut last year and competed in 28 tournaments, making three top-10 finishes and 24 straight cuts. Noh is the first golfer to strike a deal with Nike since Grace Park in '03 and Choi Kyoung-ju in '05 (KOREA TIMES, 1/8).


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The new wave in wine making may be from something churning in the waters of Charleston harbor and Central Florida is getting the first peek. Guests at a small private dinner tonight at The Palm restaurant at the Hard Rock Hotel at Universal Studios will be the first in the nation to sample this ocean-aged wine.
For almost two years, California's Mira Winery has been experimenting with a new process for aging wine that could revolutionize the industry.
Napa Valley winemaker Gustavo Gonzalez has been overseeing the project in which barrel-fermented cabernet sauvignon was bottled and then dropped in secure crates into the 60-foot deep inlet formed by the junction of Ashley and Cooper rivers in Charleston, S.C.
Gonzalez said he has been both pleased and fascinated with the results.
"The first wine we brought up was analyzed against the same vintage aged on land," he said. "Chemically they were identical but there was a distinct difference in the wines' taste and aroma. The submerged wine had aged nicely with well structured tannins." But a second collection of aqua-aged wine showed a much younger character, "much like what you get from a young wine still in a barrel," said Gonzalez.
Just as light and temperature can affect the taste of wine as it ages on land, Gonzalez is trying to get a handle on how the addition of subtle motion and pressure can affect the aging of wine.
The concept is rooted in a splash of headlines that raised eyebrows and intrigue around the world in 2010 when bottles of centuries old champagne were salvaged from a Baltic Sea shipwreck. Several bottles were in remarkable condition for the style of sparkling wine popular in that day.
Distinguished French champagne house Veuve Clicquot, which had several bottles in the booty inventory, was impressed enough to begin experimenting with underwater aging in the cool Baltic. In addition to Mira winery in the U.S., Larrivet Haut-Brion in Bordeaux is exploring the sea floor as the new wine cave.
"We have trademarked a new name for the process," said Gonzalez. "We call it 'Aquaoir' because it parallels the impacts of the industry-recognized term 'terroir,'" which refers to the land-based environmental influences on vines and grapes.
"We still have not determined the dominant underwater factor that are impacting the wine but we know there is something there," said Gonzalez. "If we apply what we are learning to aging wine on land, it has the potential to revolutionize how an entire industry thinks about aging."
Mira and Gonzalez are chronicling their progress at aquaoir.com and in one year plan to bring the first water-aged chardonnay to Central Florida.


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March 20, 2013
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South Bend, WA. (rushPRnews) 03/20/13 — BagButton LLC, manufacturer of the NEW innovative BagButton that takes ordinary household plastic bags and turns them into space saving vacuum storage bags, continues to expand its line of storage products.
Responding to demands for storage organizers that are both space reducing, attractive, and functional, BagButton has launched their NEW line of Space Saving Storage Organizers. The BagButton Organizers can hold up to four times more clothing and bedding than conventional storage boxes, trunks and bins, offering versatile options for extra storage in closets, bedrooms, garage and attic.
All the Space Saver BagButton Organizers are a revolutionary new storage system idea that let you combines both vacuum storage bags and Organizer to achieve its effectiveness. The BagButton organizers are built with today’s highest quality of materials and closes with metal zippers.
The BagButton enables a household plastic bag to stand upright in your Organizer for easy loading of bulky items like bedding and garments. The packed contents are then compressed into the BagButton space saving organizer by evacuating air through the BagButton. This causes the contents to compress into stackable units that yield up to four times more available storage space. This protects packed items from dirt, water, bugs, mildew, and odors. The BagButton organizer can then be stored in previously unsuitable places like basements, attics, garages, and outdoor sheds, freeing up indoor storage spaces.
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BagButton LLC is the inventor, and manufacturer of the Worlds most economical vacuum sealed storage bag system using household plastic bags for storage organization. With more than 10 million BagButtons sold in the past 8 years, and its continued online advertising campaigns, BagButton has established itself as one of the most recognizable storage products, and consumer loyal brands worldwide.
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A day after Big 5 Sporting Goods Corp. reported quarterly earnings, the El Segundo-based company’s stock rose 34.39 percent, or $2.83, to $11.06 on Friday.
On Thursday, Big 5 said its first-quarter profit tumbled 33percent as consumers continued to pull back on spending.
The performance nevertheless beat Wall Street expectations and the company’s outlook also topped estimates.
In the three months ended March 29, the company earned $2.8million, or 13 cents per share, compared with $4.1million, or 19 cents per share, a year earlier.
Net sales slipped to $210.3million from $212.9million a year earlier.


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If you spend any time on the games-focused areas of Reddit, it's easy to come away with the idea that everyone and their mother despises the Epic Games Store thanks to "shady business practices," "anti-consumer bias," and possibly worse. But at least one developer says the anti-Epic backlash is more sound than fury.
For Coffee Stain Studios, the developer behind Goat Simulator (opens in new tab) and Satisfactory (opens in new tab), the opportunity to trade exclusivity on Epic's storefront for financial security during development was well worth it.
"I think as an indie studio it's nice to have that security that you know that your game is going to get out there and you don't need to worry about making certain financial deadlines," Nathalie Verwei, a UI/UX designer at the studio, said in an interview with PCGamesN (opens in new tab). "You can just focus on making a good game. Of course, we had some backlash, but I think it's a loud minority."
Players more accustomed to Valve's older Steam platform have understandably complained about the Epic store's relative scarcity of features, which have slowly been making their way to the platform in the ten or so months it's been active. But more often, complaints are centered around Epic's insistence on exclusivity deals—where Epic pays a developer some amount of money in exchange for exclusive distribution rights, at least for some agreed-upon period of time.
Verwei says that financial incentive is a powerful and attractive one for indie studios—one that ultimately benefits consumers.
"Epic is trying to do something for game developers to make it better for them, so we can deliver better quality of products, basically," she said.
There are players who don't see it that way, and who have made their feelings known with torrents of abuse leveled at developers who have signed deals with Epic, as Ooblets developers Glumberland discovered (opens in new tab) first-hand this summer. But as numerous as the store's detractors may seem online, they don't seem to be hurting sales. Satisfactory, which is still in early access, has been Coffee Stain's "best launch ever," selling more than 500,000 copies (opens in new tab) in its first three months on sale. That's likely helped by the massive popularity of Epic's Fortnite, and the fact that the store boasted more than 85 million users (opens in new tab) mere months after it launched.


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Protection call for small business
WA's small business commissioner has slammed utility providers, telcos and other big corporations for forcing unfair contracts on mum-and-dad owned enterprises.
Commissioner David Eaton will call for greater protection for WA's 210,000 small business in a Federal Government review to consider whether they should be treated the same way as individual customers under certain aspects of Australian consumer law.
Mr Eaton said there were fewer safeguards for small businesses than for individuals in standard form contracts, which are offered by big business on a take-it-or-leave-it-basis.
Some of the unfair clauses include those allowing big business to unilaterally change the price or delivery terms of a product or service that they buy from or sell to a small enterprise.
Mr Eaton said the practice had a big impact on small business owners, causing them financial losses, stress and even destroying some businesses.
"Time and time again we have heard from small businesses subject to unfair terms in their contracts with larger businesses," Mr Eaton said.
"Changes to payment terms and delays in the payment for the supply of goods and services can have a significant impact on the cash flow and the financial viability of small business. There can be flow impacts of that small business being able to promptly pay its staff, suppliers and other creditors.
"Generally they do not have the capital reserves to carry large debt for extended periods of time."
Figures from the Australian Bureau of Statistics show small business is already a vulnerable sector, with only a 60 per cent survival rate over a four-year period.
Mr Eaton said standard form contracts also allow big business - but not small enterprise - to terminate an agreement at any time.
Usually there were no exit penalties for the big corporations but heavy fees for small businesses seeking to break ties.
Mr Eaton said there had been several examples where telcos had put automatic rollover clauses in contracts without the express knowledge of the small business client. This meant the entrepreneur was unable to renegotiate terms before the start of a new two-year contract.
Mr Eaton said while the Small Business Development Corporation in WA would push for better protections in its submission to the Federal inquiry, it wanted to ensure change did not come with increased red tape or costs.
A survey of WA small business which it was currently conducting online would form part of its submission.
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BLOGS OF THE DAY: Cara Delevingne explains why she quit modelling
Cara Delevingne will soon be seen in Suicide Squad
Cara Delevingne has explained why she made the decision to quit modelling, despite being one of the world’s most in-demand faces.
The 23-year-old has moved away from modelling to forge a career in acting and she’ll soon be seen on the big screen as Suicide Squad’s Enchantress.
In a blog penned for Motto, Delevingne wrote: “I started modelling when I was 16. The odds were against me. At 5’8, I was shorter than most girls in the business. Still, I gave it a shot, and like with most things in my life, I never gave up. In no time, though, I found myself surrendering to the industry’s approval process. I felt like I needed validation from everyone. As a result, I lost sight of myself and what it meant to be happy, what it meant to be successful. I think it all stemmed from a deep-down feeling of wanting people to like me and love me.”
Delevingne said that after years of feeling like she was constantly disappointing others she suddenly asked herself: “Wait, what am I trying to do? Who am I doing this for? Over time, I came to realise that work and getting others’ approval isn’t the most important thing,” she said.
Jessica Simpson packs up PDA with Eric
Jessica Simpson and Eric Johnson took time out of their weekend to enjoy an evening out away from the kids.
What came next was some PDA we can’t help but discuss.
Before Daylight Savings Time officially kicked in, the fashion designer took to Instagram where she showed off one special kiss with her main man.
“DATE NIGHT,” she captioned the hot pic with a kissing emoji.
Jessica wore an over the shoulder little black dress while Eric worked a button- down and his signature scruffy beard.
For better or worse, the late-night fun ultimately had to come to an end.
More iPhone 7 leaks on way
The iPhone 7 is still a good six months away from entering the realm of reality, but the leaks are coming in thick and fast now.
French website Nowherelse is the latest publication to reveal an image of the device, this one highlighting the design changes that could be in store.
The handset pictured in the leak appears to sport a larger camera lens than the iPhone 6S, judging by the size of the gap reserved for the sensor.
This could signal a major camera upgrade, although the picture provides no evidence to support claims that the device will rock a dual-lens snapper.


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Disposal Ban: As of January 1, 2015, customers might no longer get rid of sure forms of digital equipment in landfills, waste-to-power services, in the trash, or at curbside for trash pickup. Manufacturers of computers, televisions, and different electronics are required to accept their products for recycling below New York State law and provide free take-again programs. Digital sensors and different gadgets made this way could be greener.,” Cheng saysBy that, he means they would be extra pleasant to the surroundings. Necessities to remit collected fees to the State to fund the price of collecting and recycling these coated products when they are discarded as wastes.
As smartphone screens have gotten larger, they’ve become our go-to entertainment units. The United States and United Kingdom have announced that laptops, e-readers and almost every other electronic system that isn’t a phone will likely be banned from cabin luggage on some flights. Producers have also used software updates to privilege newer models of smartphones and computers, invisibly pressuring shoppers to purchase new units simply to maintain parity of experience.
The US government’s surprising ban on laptops, iPads and other electronics larger than a cellphoneâ€ on flights from 10 airports in the Center East has sparked criticism from know-how experts, who say the new guidelines seem like at odds with primary laptop science. Rogers’s technique of making stretchable electronics is not the only oneâ€”some scientists are working with liquid metals relatively than silicon, and others are centered on altering the molecular construction of natural materials to make them inherently stretchableâ€”however for now, it is probably the most prepared for commercialization.
Apple merchandise have always been costly, and the iPhone is not any exception. By separating private electronic items akin to laptops, tablets, e-readers and handheld sport consoles for screening, TSA officers can more closely concentrate on resolving alarms and stopping terror threats,â€ stated Gowadia. Many of these gadgets are common carry-on items, with passengers passing the time on flights watching motion pictures on tablets and laptops, doing work or reading on gadgets just like the Amazon Kindle.
By specializing in the event of recent supplies for use in electronic gadgets, new architectures for integrating these gadgets into advanced circuits, and software and hardware design improvements for transforming microsystem designs into reality way more efficiently than ever earlier than, the initiative goals to ensure continued improvements in electronics performance even with out the advantage of traditional scaling.


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Kia has released these exclusive pictures of the next generation Kia Sorento SUV
The new 64 plate Kia Sorento has taken its new looks from the Kia Cross GT concept car that was shown at the 2013 Chicago Motor Show. Its lengthened bonnet and wider pillars are from the current generation Mk2 Sorento, although the new Kia Sorento has a larger grille and headlamps that sweep back into the wings for a better look of motion.
This third generation model of the Kia Sorento SUV dynasty has been unveiled by Kia. Due to go on sale sometime in 2015 and is due for an official launch at the 2014 Paris Motor Show in October, the Sorento will renew Kia’s challenge in the family-sized SUV sector.
Previous spy shots of the Sorento have been published around the internet for a while as well as the recently released sketches of the exterior and interior of the car but these are official pictures released by Kia themselves and show the new Kia Sorento in all its glory.
Kia are claiming that this new-generation Sorento will "raise the bar in luxury thanks to a modern, wrap-around dashboard, high quality soft-touch materials and a a range of advanced on-board technologies." However, engine details, trim levels and specifications remain unclear.
The practical aspect of the new Kia Sorento has been a major priority and hasn’t taken a back seat with a new sleeker 7 seat version designed to be very pleasing on the eyes. This Kia Sorento is 95mm longer than the current generation car at 4,780mm, with much of that growth absorbed within the wheelbase that is 80mm up at 2,780mm. This produces a little more space for passengers in all of the new Kia Sorento’s three rows of seats. The car is also 15mm lower now with the overall height coming in at 1,685mm.
As mentioned previously, the engine options are a little sketchy at best, but we expect Kia will include a 194bhp 2.2-litre diesel and a new hybrid combo aimed at non diesel markets. Prices are expected to start at around £27,000 when it hits the shelves here in the UK next year on the new 15 plate.


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Given the wide price spread of lithium salts between the East Asian market and domestic Chinese market, East Asian consumers have been trying to press East Asian prices down to domestic Chinese levels, Fastmarkets heard.
“Some of our long-term customers are even proposing to include domestic Chinese lithium hydroxide prices into our floating long-term contract pricing indices; they’re fully aware of the big discount Chinese prices have over East Asian prices,” a Chinese lithium producer source told Fastmarkets during its roadshow to Chengdu city, Sichuan province.
The Chinese lithium market has been suffering from weak demand, with prices on a downtrend since mid-November last year due to the discontinuation of the country’s subsidy on electric vehicles and the recent automobile price wars.
“There are many Chinese lithium carbonate sellers who want to export to the East Asian market at Chinese price levels to cash in. They have large inventories, while lithium prices are still falling in China and demand in domestic China is muted. But not all of them are qualified to export,” a Chinese lithium trader source said.
China is the major lithium supplier to Japan and South Korea. In 2022, China exported 10,436 tonnes of lithium carbonate and 93,379 tonnes of lithium hydroxide in total, with 91.64% (9,564 tonnes) of the carbonate export and 97.17% (90,742 tonnes) of the hydroxide export bound for Japan and South Korea, according to the country’s customs data.
Fastmarkets’ daily price assessment for lithium hydroxide monohydrate LiOH.H2O 56.5% LiOH min, battery grade, spot price cif China, Japan & Korea was $40-43 per kg on Monday, narrowing downward by $2 per kg from $40-45 per kg last Friday.
Fastmarkets’ daily price assessment for lithium carbonate 99.5% Li2CO3 min, battery grade, spot prices cif China, Japan & Korea was $28-30 per kg on Monday, down by $2-5 per kg from $30-35 per kg last Friday.
Fastmarkets’ price assessment for lithium hydroxide monohydrate LiOH.H2O 56.5% LiOH min, battery grade, spot price range exw domestic China was 220,000-280,000 yuan ($31,991-40,716) per tonne on Thursday, down by 40,000 yuan per tonne from 260,000-320,000 yuan per tonne a week earlier.
Fastmarkets’ price assessment for lithium carbonate, 99.5% Li2CO3 min, battery grade, spot price range, exw domestic China was 158,000-186,000 yuan per tonne on Thursday, down by 10,000-24,000 yuan per tonne from 168,000-210,000 yuan per tonne a week earlier.
Lithium demand has been weak in China, while East Asian demand has not performed as well as expected at the beginning of this year, market participants told Fastmarkets.
“Battery producers in Japan and South Korea did not receive as many orderbooks as they expected earlier this year, resulting in a lower-than-expected lithium demand,” a second Chinese lithium producer source said.
To bring down the procurement cost of battery raw materials therefore was even more important for the battery producers, market participants said.
A third Chinese lithium producer source told Fastmarkets that inquiries for lithium hydroxide were picking up while the market was trending down, with consumers trying to leverage on the lower prices.
Earlier in March, Fastmarkets also noticed increasing export inquiries for Chinese lithium carbonate due to a large arbitrage window.
“Lithium consumers are not as picky with lithium hydroxide as before, because cost is more important amid underwhelming orderbooks. As long as certain requirements on the specifications are met, they can take the material. These materials are cheaper than those from major qualified lithium producers.” a Chinese analyst source told Fastmarkets.
Some consumers also asked to postpone long-term deliveries or request lower volumes from long-term orders. But they made up the cut volume from long-term deliveries by purchasing spot materials, since spot prices are much lower than existing long-term prices, Fastmarkets learned during its roadshow to Chengdu city.
“This helps them bring down the overall cost of lithium procurement,” a fourth Chinese lithium producer source added.
But many lithium consumers were in no hurry to commit to any spot deals and were taking their time to assess their offers. They expected prices to decrease while the negotiation was taking place, especially since their demand was not impending further, multiple sources told Fastmarkets.
Cheaper alternative feedstocks for lithium production, including lepidolite and brines, have exerted more pressure on the East Asian and Chinese lithium markets, adding to the recent price downtrend for both.
“Production costs of lithium carbonate feeding on lepidolite is approximately 70,000-80,000 yuan per tonne if the lithium producer has its own lepidolite project, and approximately 100,000 yuan per tonne if the lepidolite has to be sourced elsewhere,” a fifth Chinese lithium producer source said.
“Production costs of brine-fed lithium carbonate is only 30,000-40,000 yuan per tonne,” the second Chinese lithium producer source said.
The large price gap between lithium carbonate feeding on cheaper feedstocks and lithium hydroxide have boosted the conversion of lithium carbonate into hydroxide.
“Looking at the current technical grade lithium carbonate price at 130,000 yuan per tonne, total production cost of lithium hydroxide converted from carbonate would be only approximately 150,000 yuan per tonne. Such low costs will drag lithium prices price in the entire Asia market,” the Chinese analyst source said.
On the other hand, major Chinese lithium producers that supply the East Asian market mainly feed on spodumene for higher, more stable product quality. Many of them told Fastmarkets that they had been struggling to transfer the downward pressure of falling lithium prices upstream to spodumene prices, keep their production cost of lithium salts elevated.
“Our spodumene long-term price was as high as $6,300 per tonne in the first quarter. Since the price is quarterly negotiated, it is lagging the decrease in lithium salts market. Given the latest lithium prices, we suffer losses by selling lithium carbonate,” a Chinese lithium producer source said.
“If the spodumene price is $4,000 yuan per tonne, the corresponding production costs of lithium carbonate is 270,000-280,000 yuan per tonne and lithium hydroxide at 250,000 yuan per tonne,” a sixth Chinese lithium producer source said.
Spot spodumene prices moved upward over the two weeks to Friday, despite continuing weakness in downstream lithium salt spot prices and tight spodumene spot availability.
Fastmarkets’ price assessment for spodumene min 6% Li2O, spot price, cif China was at $4,400-6,225 per tonne on Thursday, up by 9.54% from $4,500-5,200 per tonne on March 30. But it was still below the peak price reached on December 8 last year, when it was assessed at $8,000-8,575 per tonne.
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Find out how world leading food companies rank on animal welfare policies
Marks & Spencer, Waitrose and Coop Group (Switzerland) received top marks in the brand new, third edition of the Business Benchmark for Animal Welfare – with Burger King, Mars and Müller among 21 companies languishing at the bottom
The Business Benchmark for Animal Welfare (BBFAW) is now in its third year. In collaboration with Compassion in World Farming, the Benchmark provides an annual review of the world’s leading food companies – assessing how they manage and report their farm animal welfare practices.
This year, 80 companies were assessed, and ranked from Tier 1 (indicating companies are taking a leadership position) to Tier 6 (where animal welfare does not seem to appear on their business agenda).
Encouragingly, 45% of the 65 companies first assessed in 2012 have moved up at least one tier.
And there are a growing number of leadership companies in the Benchmark from across different industry sectors and countries. These companies have made strong commitments to farm animal welfare, with good management systems and processes, and a clear focus on measuring their performance.
Recent food scares like the horsemeat scandal have forced companies to become more transparent about the management of their supply chains. 28 of the companies assessed (35% compared to 15% in 2010) now include farm animal welfare in suppler conditions.
But farm animal welfare is still an immature business issue. Half of the 80 countries assessed this year are in the bottom two tiers (Tiers 5 and 6) – indicating that farm animal welfare doesn’t receive anything like the same management attention as other corporate responsibility issues. And some of the world’s major companies have shown little sign of progress.
The restaurants and bars sector in particular, continues to lag behind. Interestingly, there is a clear divergence between public-facing and business-to-business companies. Subway (sandwich store) and Wendy’s (fast food chain) are in Tier 3, for example, whereas Gategroup Holding, Olav Rhon Gruppen, SSP Group Lmited amd Umoe Gruppen all appear in Tier 6 – and Compass Group and Elior are in Tier 5.
Some of the strongest performing companies are based in the US. McDonald’s in particular, shows leadership in its approach to managing and reporting on farm animal welfare.
But many US-based food service companies, including Domino’s Pizza, Starbucks and Burger King, appear in Tiers 5 and 6. Dissapointingly this shows that they have yet to establish robust systems and processes for managing and reporting on farm animal welfare.
Food producers in emerging markets are similar to, if not better than, their peers in the developed markets. In fact, the world’s largest meat producers – BRF, JBS and Marfrig in South America, and WHY Group (which owns Smithfield Foods) in China, are all in Tiers 3 and 4.
Some discount retailers have started to address higher farm animal welfare in their supply chains. For example, Lidl sells a plant-based alternative to foie gras and uses a cage-free housing system for rabbits in Belgium.
But key welfare issues such as close confinement and long distance transport are still under-reported. Most companies don’t have an official position on their commitments in relation to these issues. Fish welfare is also universally under-reported.
Mike Baker, our Chief Executive, said: “Consumers increasingly care about where their food comes from and are demanding a better life for farm animals.
"While it is encouraging to see a growing number of companies in this year’s Benchmark and stated commitments to animal welfare, there is clearly still much room for improvement.
"Companies have the power in their hands to transform the lives of billions of farm animals around the world.”
Image: Pigs in group housing in a higher welfare indoor farm in the UK (Thomas Alexander)
Companies have the power in their hands to transform the lives of billions of farm animals around the world.


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Consumer spending rose marginally in January, despite a sharp drop in incomes, the Commerce Department said Friday.
Personal incomes dropped 3.6 percent in the month, with incomes down by $505.5 billion. Discretionary funds, concurrently, dropped by 4 percent or by $491.4 billion, the department's Bureau of Economic Analysis said.
For the second consecutive month, spending rose marginally. In January, spending rose 0.2 percent. A revised estimate for December pegged the increase in the final month of 2012 at 0.2 percent.
The drop in incomes was the steepest decline in that category since 1993, a drop partly caused by an uncharacteristic upswing in December as companies rushed their distribution of bonus checks and other dividends to beat a tax increase that was signed into law in early January.
Spending on services pushed spending's increase overall, as expenditures on goods dropped in the month. Personal savings absorbed the difference, as savings in January came to $283.9 billion, compared with $797.4 billion in December.
The report included the department's estimate of income for 2012, which rose 3.5 percent over 2011, a drop from the previous annual comparison. In 2011, incomes rose 5.1 percent, the department said.
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The Chief Officer of Scotland’s Towns Partnership, Phil Prentice, has been announced as a judge for this year’s Great British High Street Awards. Mr Prentice looks forward to reviewing inspiring applications from across the UK as part of the competition.
For more information, please see the below press release from the UK Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government, or the full article here.
Great British High Street Awards 2019 judges revealed
Published 23 July 2019 by Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government
Judges have been announced to select winners of the Great British High Street Awards 2019 from a shortlist of 40 finalists.
A panel of 47 judges have been chosen to represent those who use and care about the high street, from teenagers, to older people, commercial customers and families. The panel combines public and private sector expertise, including proud partner Visa and sponsor Elavon.
The Great British High Street Awards celebrate the UK’s best and most ambitious high streets, with winners receiving up to £15,000 in prize money.
The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, in partnership with Visa, runs the awards. Winners showcase the best examples of how high streets can rise to the challenges of changing consumer behaviour in a changing retail environment.
Shortlisted high streets will be announced on 7 August and the public will then be able to cast their vote along with the independent judging panel.
The winners will be announced at an awards ceremony in November.
The Great British High Street judges:
List of the Great British High Street Awards 2019 judges (PDF, 82.9 KB, 2 pages)


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Grant Thornton New Zealand has acquired the management advisory firm Management Toolbox Ltd, reflecting the increasing demand from New Zealand business owners for advice on how to take advantage of the emerging growth trends in their key markets.
Management Toolbox is a successful and innovative company made up of a group of organisational engineers who help businesses sharpen their strategy for growth and efficiency.
The acquisition reflects the findings of a recent Grant Thornton International Business Report which showed an increased number of New Zealand business owners were feeling positive about the coming 12 months – with many indicators pointing to growth plans, underpinned by increased employment.
Grant Thornton New Zealand CEO, Wayne Jackson, says the firm is heeding its own message by acquiring Management Toolbox, which has a strong track record of advising some of New Zealand’s leading high growth companies in areas such as strategic road mapping, sales effectiveness and performance improvement.
“The time is right to be thinking of growth,” says Jackson.
Another Grant Thornton International Business Report released pointed to the high growth rates in Brazil, Russia, China and India (BRIC), and the fact that New Zealand’s trading future is moving strongly away from Europe.
“For many dynamic Kiwi businesses this means looking off-shore at new markets. Our clients are increasingly looking to us to review their strategy – to help manage the risks of what, for many, is a major step, and to link with our global network in their target markets.
“Management Toolbox is a key part of making sure we remain at the forefront of helping our clients grow,” says Jackson.
With this acquisition Grant Thornton New Zealand has formed a new Business Transformation service which offers strategic procurement, product improvement and strategic planning services.
Grant Thornton National Director, Business Transformation, Ross Darrah, previous owner and managing director of Management Toolbox, is thrilled about the company’s new combined service.
“While Grant Thornton partners and their clients now have access to our services, Management Toolbox’s clients also have seamless access to the high quality and global expertise and reach of Grant Thornton,” says Darrah.
“We have already formed an incredible synergy with Grant Thornton and our complimentary offerings ensure a very potent choice of adviser for the full range of New Zealand entities.
“Grant Thornton has proved to be the perfect partner to ensure the continuing success and growth of the company I started more than 12 years ago.”
The Business Transformation service is led by Ross Darrah, and associates Michael Worth and Steve Philips.
Further enquiries, please contact:
CEO, Grant Thornton New Zealand
T +64 (0)9 308 2588


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- News tagged "asus"
Wednesday, 30 Oct 2013
The new PadFone Infinity and its accessories is set to hit stores on 9th November. Read on for their respective pricings.
Tuesday, 22 Oct 2013
ASUS has just confirmed that its 24-inch G-Sync enhanced VG248QE monitor will be available first half of 2014 and will cost US$399.
Monday, 14 Oct 2013
AMD did away with its traditional four-digit naming scheme with the announcement of its new R9/R7 Radeon graphics cards. We summarize all of the cards the add-in card manufacturers have to offer.
Friday, 11 Oct 2013
Featuring a 10.1-inch, 2,560 x 1,600-pixel display, and powered by an NVIDIA Tegra 4 quad-core processor, ASUS' latest Transformer Pad, the TF701T, will be available in stores tomorrow at a price of S$749.
Thursday, 26 Sep 2013
To say that Windows RT has underperformed would be an understatement. Following the discontinuation of the XPS 10, it seems that Dell has joined other tablet makers in ditching Windows RT.
Wednesday, 18 Sep 2013
ASUS announced the M70 desktop PC that features Near Field Communication (NFC) technology. It allows the pairing of NFC-enabled Android devices for easy access to the PC. At the same time, file sharing between the PC and paired devices is also made easier with this wireless communication technology.
Tuesday, 17 Sep 2013
Developed by ASUS and Google, the new Nexus 7 is the latest 7-inch Android handheld with the sharpest-ever tablet screen and built-in wireless charging. It will be available at all ASUS brand stores and authorized retailers from 21 September onwards.
Monday, 16 Sep 2013
ASUS has announced the Wireless Duo storage device for simple file sharing via Wi-Fi, the RT-AC68U dual-band 802.11ac router with personal cloud storage support, and the battery-powered P2B portable short-throw projector at Computex 2013.
Monday, 9 Sep 2013
At the IFA 2013, ASUS announces its new Android tablets: Fonepad Note 6, MeMO Pad 8/Pad 10, Fonepad 7, and Transformer Pad TF701T.
Monday, 2 Sep 2013
ASUS is set to unveil a new Transformer Pad tablet on 4 September. The new device is believed to be a more affordable model of the Tegra 4-powered Transformer Pad Infinity announced at Computex 2013.


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Hidden Technology will once again be attending the Security & Policing Exhibition at Farnborough, which will be held between 12th-14th March 2013.
We’re looking forward to seeing new faces, as well as some familiar ones! Hiddentec will be on stand H13.
Amongst the technology we’ll be presenting will be some of our latest innovations in device power management, and transmission techniques which have proven invaluable in recent months. The brand new “ETracker” has been built to celebrate the winning of the Queen’s Award for Enterprise: International Trade 2012. It has been developed closely with Government TSU departments.
It features the ability to use any current battery technology, giving superior flexibility for deployment, and uses the very latest GSM and GPS chip sets giving outstanding power consumption efficiency for extra long deployments. The device has a built-in RF emitter that can be used as a stand-alone beacon or used to create a versatile GSM/GPS and RF tracking device. It has quick-change main connections, and displays the mAmps its has used; giving the user a far better idea of remaining operational life.


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Think that all electric cars are dull, boxy, slow vehicles? BMW will change your mind!
Last week, the German luxury car manufacturer announced the creation of a sub-brand to be called “BMW i” that will include a line of electric battery powered cars, available in 2013.
For the past year, hype has been building for BMW’s electric Megacity vehicle, made of carbon fiber and aluminum. Now, BMW incidates that it will release at least 2 new electric car models in 2013: the i3, which will be a 4-seater urban vehicle, and the i8, a hybrid sports car that can go from 0-60 mph in just 5 seconds.
BMW states that its new electric cars will still be characterized by the kidney-shaped grill design on the front that is one of the most recognizable elements of the brand, even though a grill is not needed for a battery-powered car (since there is no engine to keep cool).
Other subtle changes for the BMW i cars include narrower wheels, increase aerodynamics and an eye toward minimum weight to help increase driving range of the electric vehicles. Computerized applications in the cars will help you keep an eye on battery life and even find parking downtown.
No word yet on the cost or availability of the BMW i electric cars. Perhaps the manufacturer is watching the success of Nissan, Ford and other companies in the electric car field, first.